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Louisiana High School Newspaper's Prank Gone Wrong

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Louisiana High School Newspaper's Prank Gone Wrong

By: Sydney Smith

May 04, 2013 06:00 AM EST

A Louisiana high school's student newspaper published a story that local restaurant was being shut down and possibly sued over huge health violations, like selling old, re-used food, including "months old"...

Mike Bloomberg Only Allowed 1 Pizza Slice? Drudge Report Hoaxed by Daily Currant Satire Story

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Mike Bloomberg Only Allowed 1 Pizza Slice? Drudge Report Hoaxed by Daily Currant Satire Story

By: Sydney Smith

May 03, 2013 02:00 PM EST

2 Media Fouls in Jason Collins Coverage, Howard Kurtz & Daily Beast 'Parted Company'

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2 Media Fouls in Jason Collins Coverage, Howard Kurtz & Daily Beast 'Parted Company'

By: Sydney Smith

May 02, 2013 03:30 PM EST

Washington Wizards pro basketball player Jason Collins announced in a very high-profile May 6 Sports Illustrated cover story this week that he is gay. And within a few days of Collins' story being published online,...

John Krasinski, Arrested Development: Yahoo News Uses Wrong Photo

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John Krasinski, Arrested Development: Yahoo News Uses Wrong Photo

By: Sydney Smith

May 02, 2013 07:00 AM EST

Oops! Yahoo News wrongly used a picture of director John Singleton with a news story about The Office actor John Krasinski joining the upcoming season of Arrested Development. Gawker, which posted a screenshot of...

Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Guardian's Twitter Accounts for 'Lies and Slander'

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Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Guardian's Twitter Accounts for 'Lies and Slander'

By: Sydney Smith

May 02, 2013 06:00 AM EST

The Guardian reported that some of its Twitter accounts was hacked this past week. Hacked accounts included the Guardian's Books, Travel and Film accounts. According to the Guardian, the Syrian...

IVA Worldwide fund invests 145%? New York Times Math Error Prompts Correction

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IVA Worldwide fund invests 145%? New York Times Math Error Prompts Correction

By: Sydney Smith

May 02, 2013 05:30 AM EST

The New York Times corrected an April 7 article that wrongly -- and impossibly -- claimed that 145% of investment management firm International Value Advisers (IVA) Worldwide's "total portfolio is in European...

Scottish Sun Invaded Privacy By Photographing Funeral, PCC Says

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Scottish Sun Invaded Privacy By Photographing Funeral, PCC Says

By: Sydney Smith

May 02, 2013 05:00 AM EST

The Scottish Sun was called out by the Press Complaints Commission for being insensitive and invasion of privacy when publishing pictures from a funeral last fall. The photos showed the family of Sir Chris Hoy at a...

National Weather Service: 'Look out for fake weather pics!'

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National Weather Service: 'Look out for fake weather pics!'

By: Sydney Smith

May 01, 2013 06:00 AM EST

A fake photo purportedly showing a huge supercell thunderstorm cloud over Lawton, Oklahoma has been circulating on social media, the National Weather Service said. The National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma...

Toronto Star Defends Outing Mayor Rob Ford's 'Alcohol Abuse' with Anonymous Sources

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Toronto Star Defends Outing Mayor Rob Ford's 'Alcohol Abuse' with Anonymous Sources

By: Sydney Smith

April 30, 2013 07:00 AM EST

Why did the Toronto Star use anonymous sources to claim that the city's mayor, Rob Ford, was possibly so drunk that he was kicked out of a military event? In an April column, public editor Kathy English inspected...

Associated Press' Twitter Hack: Would 'two-factor authentication' help?

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Associated Press' Twitter Hack: Would 'two-factor authentication' help?

By: Sydney Smith

April 29, 2013 06:00 AM EST

The Associated Press' Twitter accounts @ap and @AP_mobile were hacked this past week. The hackers posted to the @ap account a fake tweet on April 23 claiming the White House was attacked and President Obama was...

CBS News' 60 Minutes Twitter Account Hacked, Fake Tweet Posted

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CBS News' 60 Minutes Twitter Account Hacked, Fake Tweet Posted

By: Sydney Smith

April 28, 2013 07:00 AM EST

CBS News' Twitter account for 60 Minutes was hacked last Saturday and a phony tweet was posted. The fake tweet read, pictured above, "Exclusive: Terror is striking the #USA and #Obama is Shamelessly in Bed with...

NPR Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army, Says it's made 'Necessary Corrections'

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NPR Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army, Says it's made 'Necessary Corrections'

By: Sydney Smith

April 28, 2013 06:00 AM EST

The Syrian Electronic Army has hacked another news site. In recent months the group has hacked BBC Twitter accounts, the AFP's Twitter account, and Al Jazeera's "mobile service." This time,...

Editor of News Corp's The Sun OK'ed Bribes, UK Prosecutors Say

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Editor of News Corp's The Sun OK'ed Bribes, UK Prosecutors Say

By: Sydney Smith

April 28, 2013 05:00 AM EST

The executive editor of UK News Corp-owned newspaper The Sun, Fergus Shanahan, was charged in the UK police's investigation into bribery for "an offence of conspiring to commit misconduct in public office,"...

Kate Middleton Topless Pics Photographer Could go to Jail

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Kate Middleton Topless Pics Photographer Could go to Jail

By: Sydney Smith

April 27, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Last year, French magazine Closer published topless pictures of Kate Middleton (aka the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William's wife) sunbathing on a terrace of a house during a vacation. Middleton and her...

Sarah Palin Wants to Invade Czech Republic? Polish Magazine Hoaxed by Satire Site's Fake Quotes

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Sarah Palin Wants to Invade Czech Republic? Polish Magazine Hoaxed by Satire Site's Fake Quotes

By: Sydney Smith

April 26, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Polish magazine Wprost was hoaxed by a satire article claiming Sarah Palin wanted President Obama to invade the Czech Republic as a retaliation for the Boston Marathon bombings, the Examiner and Jim Romenesko...

Tsarnaevs didn't rob 7-Eleven, Zooey Deschanel NOT a suspect, More Errors in Boston Marathon Bombings Coverage:

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Tsarnaevs didn't rob 7-Eleven, Zooey Deschanel NOT a suspect, More Errors in Boston Marathon Bombings Coverage:

By: Sydney Smith

April 25, 2013 01:00 PM EST

In the ten days since the Boston Marathon bombings, there have been a handful of errors and ethical issues in the related news media reportage. iMediaEthics has already written several stories about errors, including The...

Philippines Newspaper Hoaxed by Fake Photo of Time Magazine, Says Sorry for Front-Page 'Mistake'

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Philippines Newspaper Hoaxed by Fake Photo of Time Magazine, Says Sorry for Front-Page 'Mistake'

By: Sydney Smith

April 25, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Reuters Deputy Social Media Editor Fired for Boston Marathon Tweets?

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Reuters Deputy Social Media Editor Fired for Boston Marathon Tweets?

By: Sydney Smith

April 24, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Matthew Keys was fired from Reuters just a month after he was accused of helping Anonymous hack the Los Angeles Times' website. Keys, who was...

NYTimes: 'We Tend not to Accept Native Advertising or Branded Content'

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NYTimes: 'We Tend not to Accept Native Advertising or Branded Content'

By: Sydney Smith

April 23, 2013 06:00 AM EST

UConn Coach Geno Auriemma Needs 'Big Lesson in Humility,' Sports Blogger Retracts Criticism

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UConn Coach Geno Auriemma Needs 'Big Lesson in Humility,' Sports Blogger Retracts Criticism

By: Sydney Smith

April 22, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Chattanoogan.com blogger and veteran sports broadcaster Randy Smith retracted his April 10 blogpost, apologized for quoting Geno Auriemma, head coach of University of Connecticut women's basketball team The Huskies, out...

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